25th
October
2011
I am slowly catching up with all of the news that came out while we were without internet for 30+ hours thanks to some idiot copper thieves who can’t tell the difference between Telus’ copper phone wires and Shaw’s fibre optic cables. One of the new releases I was unable to tell you about is the new Halloween version of Toppling Towers, a newly-released universal iOS game developed by Vancouver’s Harmony Arcade and published by Big Fish Games. Read the rest of this entry »
posted in Casual, Everyone, National News, New Releases, Puzzle By: Tami |
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25th
October
2011
TransGaming Studios has announced game discounts as part of the TransGaming Not-Quite-Bundle for iOS devices. These special offers will only be available for a limited time, so take this opportunity to download them from the iTunes store before the offer vanishes. For those who already have Puzzle Quest, an update has been released today which includes iOS 5 support, retina display support for iPhone and iPad, plus the developers have added ‘Restore’ functionality for in-game purchases, performance and visual improvements as well as many bug fixes. Read the rest of this entry »
posted in Casual, Everyone, Everyone 10+, National News, Puzzle, RTS By: Tami |
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25th
October
2011
MediaSpark CEO Mathew Georghiou made a series of announcements late last week about the company’s
GoVenture Any Business educational simulation, which has already received a Gold Omni Award with a perfect 10.0 judging score. Unlike other business simulations, Any Business allows teachers and corporate trainers to create highly-customized, online, head-to-head, multiplayer business simulations for any product in any industry and in any market. Simulations can be designed to model current events, historical successes and failures, or to target specific challenges and learning outcomes. Read the rest of this entry »
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20th
October
2011
TVO has launched five new educational apps for the BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet from TVOKids. Offering parents a safe, educational alternative in gaming, TVO’s apps for the BlackBerry PlayBook support a wide range
of learning objectives from the Ontario school curriculum including: math, science, reading and writing. All TVOKids content is developed using TVO’s Educational Blueprint, a rigorous process which ensures a quality educational experience, and is tested in classrooms with teachers, students and TVO’s on-staff educational expert. Read the rest of this entry »
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20th
October
2011
Media Awareness Network (MNet) has launched Privacy Pirates, a new interactive resource to teach children about online privacy and how to distinguish between public and private information when playing on the Internet. The game was unveiled today by MNet’s Director of Education Matthew Johnson at the Prince Edward Island Teachers’ Federation Conference in Charlottetown. Read the rest of this entry »
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19th
October
2011
TransGaming Inc. and Activision Publishing, Inc. have announced that Activision’s innovative new game, Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure™, has been brought to the Mac platform using TransGaming’s Mac enablement technology so that Spyro fans around the world can enjoy the game on their Mac computers. Read the rest of this entry »
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18th
October
2011
Ubisoft has revealed that it will be publishing four new interactive video games based on a collection of television’s most popular and beloved game shows. Created by Ludia Inc., Family Feud® 2012 Edition, Hole in the Wall® Deluxe Edition, The Price is Right® Decades and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire™ 2012 Edition video games will be released in the United States and Canada this fall. Read the rest of this entry »
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17th
October
2011
Big Blue Bubble Inc. announced today that Burn the Rope Worlds HD has come to the big screen and is now available on the iPad. Burn the Rope Worlds HD follows in the footsteps of the original game with 100 more levels, four different and exciting worlds, and a brand new mini-game called Endless Burn. In this new game, the player can experience the fun by travelling to new and exotic places like the Jungle, Mechanical, Fantasy, and Space worlds. Read the rest of this entry »
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13th
October
2011
Independent developer JoshOClock has released an updated version of ‘Burn The City’ for the Android™. In this physics-based action puzzler, currently ranking #27 in the Casual Games category, and #158 in paid games overall, you play the role an adorable creature born to an empty nest because the evil humans have kidnapped your family, and obviously, revenge must be taken! Similar in style, and combining the best of games such as Angry Birds™ and Worms™, this awesome action puzzler has previously been released on PC through Kongregate, and also exists for the iOS. Read the rest of this entry »
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13th
October
2011
Hothead Games has launched Gem King,which I thought was a new title – until I went and looked at the iTunes page for the game. Instead, it appears that it is a copy of Kickin’ Momma, a game which I thoroughly enjoy (and paid for), with a different name and a few updates. Kickin’ Momma has been removed from the App Store, and now this free duplicate is not compatible (and thus not downloadable) to my second generation iPod Touch, so apparently the “coming soon” screen on the 4th level of my Kickin’ Momma game will forever be empty – and the enjoyment I had in playing the game has been gutted. Read the rest of this entry »
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